Drive-through Teller Robbed

March 20, 1992

BOCA RATON -- A bank was robbed on Thursday by a man who pulled up to a drive-through window and told tellers he had a bomb, police said.

The suspect drove up to the outside service lane of the Barnett Bank at 5255 N. Federal Highway at 9:24 a.m. in a white, four-door car and sent the teller a note through the pneumatic tube. The note said ``Give me money and no one gets hurt,`` Boca Raton Sgt. Mike McCutcheon said.

The teller gave the man an unspecified amount of cash, police said.

The robber then sent what he said was an explosive device back through the tube.

The bank was evacuated for a short time while a bomb technician checked the device, which was determined to be a fake and was turned over to the FBI. McCutcheon said.

The robber was described as a white male, heavy set, with short brown hair and sunglasses, witnesses told police.